Notes for May Josephine DUPREL

Notes for May Josephine DUPREL

May Josephine the 10th child of Andre Duprel and Anna Gilson. She was nicknamed May Jo by her sister Florence. she grew up in Sturgis S.D. She later married Lloyd Thompson. In 1939 they moved to Custer S.D. where Lloyd was employed at the Feildspar Mill, until May 1942. They moved to Cheyenne, WY. where Lloyd worked as an inspector at United Air Lines, until the airlines moved to San Francisco in 1946. They operated a grocery store in Cheyenne until 1951 when they moved to Rapid City S.D. Lloyd operated a service station there until 1968. May Jo was a real estate broker there. In 1968 they bought the Sylvan Kake Resort in the Black Hills & operated it for several years. They are presently retired. May Jo and Lloyd hobbies are horse back riding and bowling. They are now living in Spearfish South Dakota. (1988)

Written by May Josephine Duprel Thompson
Rapid City South Dakota (1973)

RECORDS: Birth, Marriage
SOURCE: May Jo Duprel Thompson, Rapid City SD. 1974.& 1987
BORN: Sunday, MARRIED: Monday
ALIAS: Mae Jo